Sunshine State Conference to Host "Professional Women in College Sports" Forum

Dec 09, 2011

WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Sunshine State
Conference will be hosting a "Professional Women in College Sports"
student forum on Thursday, January 26, at the Falcons Fire Country
Club in Kissimmee, Fla.

Open to current SSC female student-athletes who are interested
in pursuing a career path in college athletics, the event is the
first of its kind for the SSC. The forum is being facilitated and
moderated by Becky Ahlgren-Bedics, who spent nine years in the
Educational Affairs Department at the NCAA. Ahlgren-Bedics was a
member of the softball team at the University of Dayton.

A panel of four guest speakers who are former collegiate
student-athletes with ties to the conference will address forum
participants. Those panelists will be:

Kristen Migliano, Director of Athletics, Lynn
University - In her fifth year as AD, Dr. Migliano played
basketball at Lynn University.

Jen Seidel, Assistant Athletic Director for
Compliance and Senior Woman Administrator, Florida Institute of
Technology - Prior to joining the staff at Florida Tech, Seidel
worked in the compliance department at Virginia Commonwealth
University. She is a former member of the VCU soccer team.

Erika Brennan, Women's Golf Coach, Saint Leo
University - Currently in her fourth season as the Lions' coach,
Brennan was a golfer at Western Carolina University.

Jessica Hanson, Accountant, Georgia Tech
Athletic Association - Hanson recently joined the staff at Georgia
Tech after internships at the NCAA and the Sunshine State
Conference. She played tennis and basketball at Transylvania
University.

Mark McClenney, who has been the SSC's assignor
of women's basketball officials for two seasons, will also speak to
attendees.

Nearly 100 student-athletes are expected to attend from the
SSC's nine member institutions. Attendees will participate in round
table and breakout discussions and receive instruction on
professional development. Lunch will be provided.

Any SSC female student-athlete who would like to attend the
forum can obtain more information by clicking here.